अलमारी

Hindi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese almario or armário, from Latin armarium (closet, chest), from arma (weapons, tools) +‎ -ārium (denoting a place where things are kept).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    अलमारी • (almārīf (Urdu spelling اَلْمَارِی)

    1. cupboard, shelf; almirah

    Declension

    Declension of अलमारी (fem ī-stem)
    singular plural
    direct अलमारी
    almārī
    अलमारियाँ
    almāriyā̃
    oblique अलमारी
    almārī
    अलमारियों
    almāriyõ
    vocative अलमारी
    almārī
    अलमारियो
    almāriyo

    Descendants

    • ? Assamese: আলমাৰী (almari) (or via Bengali)
    • English: almirah, almira, almyrah
      • Odia: ଆଲମିରା (ālamirā)
    • Kashmiri:
      Devanagari script: अल्मॉर्य (almạ̄r')
      Arabic script: اَلمٲرۍ (almạ̄r')
    • Marwari: अलमारी (almārī)
    • Mewari: अलमारी (almārī), अलबारी (albārī)
    • Nepali: आलमारी (ālmārī)
    • Pashto: المارۍ (almārə́y) (likely)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਅਲਮਾਰੀ (alamārī)
      Shahmukhi script: اَلْمَارِی (almārī)